[The words land, and they're neither better nor worse than Benedict was anticipating: well, all right, maybe a little better, in that nobody's dying or being fired. A silence settles between them as he processes it, no doubt trying to determine whether to panic and exactly how much. So far, he holds off.]
Why? [he asks, and the word isn't as accusatory as it might be; it's spoken quietly, almost in the same tone that someone might say 'are you all right'.]
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Date: 2023-09-29 12:02 am (UTC)Why? [he asks, and the word isn't as accusatory as it might be; it's spoken quietly, almost in the same tone that someone might say 'are you all right'.]